Valley Independent, The (Newspaper) - July 18, 1986, Monessen, Pennsylvania Belle Carroll Page 9 INDEPENDENT The Daily Newspaper For Everyone in the Valley Area Weather Outlook Tonight and hot and humid Over- night low in the 70s High Saturday in the low 90s NO 17 FRIDAY JULY 18 1986 Pages PER COPY News At A Glance Census for BVA Belle Vernon Area School day that a school census is about to and will be in all communities of the school district census will probably begin early next a BVA spokesperson stated who are conducting the census will be carrying and residents mav ask to see that National Fairness stressed WASHINGTON House and Senate tax reform teams are stressing fairness for average but the overtures from their first conference ing carry undercurrents of dispute for the task ahead The committee planned to sit down today in the second day of a conference that could last weeks Warning CHICAGO Cases of tuberculosis are appearing in AIDS sometimes years before the disease is indicating TB may be an early warning sign of the researchers say The related tuberculosis cases are State seeking federal funds r i ul ifie ill si increase in TB in the United States in 32 years Final decision due WASHINGTON dent Reagan may make a final decision today about his expected next on South African policy a speech not likely to embrace any major changes m the administration's approach Aides said Reagan discussed the pros and cons of such a speech International Newsman detained PEKING Authorities have detained John F Peking bureau chief of The New York on suspicion of intelligence tion and officials said today who holds dual tioM tin tn in Have without being charged Mandela turns 68 South ca African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela turned 68 today in a Cape Town prison crowded with some of the people believed detained under a state of emergency visited him but would not be seeing him his lawyers said FRESH ST Selections w ere plentiful last as the annual Farmers Market opened on Fifth St in and Pam Pi da of Bethel Park had her eye on a bag of fresh wax beans Ms a supervisor al In Telecommunications Systems in Charleroi is being sened Frank Razzano of Monongahela who s helping at the booth of the Herman Farm R D The Farmers Market featuring fresh will run each Thursday from 6 lo 9 p m through the early Fall It is sponsored bv Merchants Division of The Chamber of Commerce Independent Warren Park KAREN PETERS is treading until it receives federal funding to replace the expansion joints on the Interstate 70 Belle according to a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation tu one of the 22 expansion joints on the Crete fell to the ground below Mon spokesman Harry Albert said Residents on the Charleroi side of the where the concrete complained to State Police about the mishap crews were called out immediately and began work on the bridge Tuesday closing the westbound lane of 1 70 while they repaired the expansion joint One of the welds broke loose Congress OK's massive cut WASHINGTON Congress had no trouble voting to keep IP place 7 billion in spending cuts made this year under the Rudman law but invalidated by the Supreme Court 1 w action does not imply that Congress will have an easy time making budget cuts in coming years The prevailing attitude as the 1986 cuts were affirmed by the Senate and House Thursday as Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas put it done is done The approved on a voice vote in the Senate and by a vote m the now goes to dent who also is expected to 31511 in uic in March is the first important step jn reaffirming a commitment that was made in the Rollings said Sen Phil action today is important as an indication after the Supreme Court decision that we intend to live up to our commitment to balance the The billion in cuts made March l were the first under the iciM a plan to end the government's red ink bv setting decreasing deficit targets which must be met or automatic budget cuts are triggered The Supreme Court found the law's method of making the automatic cuts having the troller general make them un- forcing Congress lo ratify the cuts so they could remain in effect The court said the comptroller general cannot do the cutting because he is a not ex- and the cutting is an executive function Rudman's authors are trying to find an executive department method that keeps Congress from having to vote for cuts in the coming years Gramm scheduled a news con- ference with Sens Warren R-N H and Ernest C today to announce changes in the law The three are studying a under which the head of the Office of Management and Budget would be the final arbiter of the cuts But opinion is sharply divided in the WAITING GAME Richie of Monessen anxiously awaits his turn to perform in a Monessen Recreation Department youth baseball program More pictures on the instructional league are on Page 14 Valley Independent Fred He via Inside Today Classified Family Hospitals 6 Jack Lotteries 61 Opinions 4 Valley Weather House on thai method House Speaker Thomas said he favors the OMB plan but other Democratic leaders are wary of what they see as giving up congressional power lo the ex Assistant House Democratic leader Thomas of Washington said is for Congress retaining power to cut the budget in effect lo keep using the same procedure employed Thursday lo affirm the 1986 budget culs House Budget Committee man William said the vote to uphold the cuts means gress is being forced back to reality No philosopher king or chief execu is going to make them for We must make the lough decisions Special charge slated at W-P Steel Corp announced today thai a special charge of million will be recorded by company ils second quarter earnings due to the closing of the blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace at its Monessen Plant on June 28 The company also stated that it II i rii charge of 9 million for estimated liabilities associated with the accordance with an Employee Buyout Protection Plan which is part of the present labor agreement The will also record a charge of 3 million for ment of for 1985 facility closings expects to detail these matters with the formal release of the its second quarter financial statement next week according to a company spokesman Historic festival making debut in Monessen History was being made today in Monessen as the Mon Valley val began at City Park Festival organizers are pating large crowds for the three-day event which ends Sunday There is no admission charge for the festival Tony of the festival with Leo said that to help accomodate the crowds and ease with Hilltop Bus Line will be operating shuttle bases lo and from the festival all three days There will be a fare The bases will leave from the Mon Valley Health Center ing lot in the section of the city beginning at p.m today They will begin at Saturday and Sunday The final back to the parking lot will be made when festival activities conclude each according to Mascetta counties and representatives from 25 Mon Valley communities expected to participate Each will receive a certificate of appreciation for us and getting the festival off on the right foot this Mascetta said entertainment will conclude with a Broadway song and dance review by the Linda Butcho Studio of Pa Brewer of the Elf Shelf ID Monessen Ml UW aUC HIM WC Ike area flf UK Mw Valley at Cly Park In this weekend tt Pvh underway whea the craft and fwd booths began operations Activities scheduled today by burgh personality Steve Ed Neal aud Bee Gee aad Dave tad Saturday's will run this Food aad craft booths open stage taint show p.m musk by the Movers p.m Ed Ned for commissioners from Md Fayette p.m mmle by Fever FINAL Leo coordinator of the festival In puts the final loaches on electrical tions at C Park this morning The festival began with will ran through Sunday Grand opening are for 6 o'clock this riming from an expansion joint Albert ex- the weld broke loose two chunks of concrete fell at the base of the pier near the water According to the pieces of concrete measured four inches by six inches and four inches bv 15 in Vi A i k k tm tin bridge a was 1 I 1 I o Jj V VJ 1 periodic alK stop traffic on the ac cess road lo Gultman Oil Albert said The work was completed afternoon as planned according to the spokesman The crew chipped some more concrete and put in a plate which was then welded to the understructure of the bridge Albert explained then weld ed the expansion joint to the new plate making it stronger Finally they used quick set concrete lo er the steel plate and to make the road The repaired expansion joint is now than others on Albert noted intend to replace all of the ex joints he slated we re waiting to hear about federal funding for project A design project is already underway so that if and when the he tan begin add ed We're estimating that the ject will 111 of 4 million The bridge has been a trouble spot for for some he said 21 000 and vehicles cross Belle Vernon Speers which are tractor accor ding lo bridge was never designed for today's large he com are the truck drivers ignoring the ft miles per hour speed limit on the but they are exceeding the 55 mph speed limit in order to get a run on the hill is verv hard on the bridge given its particular design Albert II causes great vibrations and impact loading which means the bounce over sion joints when hit the bridge causing more damage than usual Until receives word on iLs request for federal all it ran do is keep up with repairs which are necessary on Belle Vernon Speers Albert that bridge is the problem section of highway in all of Washington t s maintenance operation the spokesman admitted II just tan I handle the kind of beating it s tak ing Initial studies OK for Fayette The Valley Independent Bureau The Penn sylvania Turnpike Commission has authorized the hiring of an engineer Kg on the million County ex tension of the Mon Valley Kx The on motion by James J approved adver for proposals for an ing firm lo perform feasibility studies to determine the corridor of the Fayette County extension The proposed highway which would be studied in conjunction with the Mon Valley generally would stretch along Route 40 lo and then parallel Koute to West Virginia border Proposals for studies on the Mon Valley Expressway that will run from downtown Pittsburgh to Route 40 near arae also being studied by The Fayette County extension would run about 22 to the Virginia possibly extending across the border to Traffic Route 48 in West Virginia W of BVA receiving emulations for being named Eastern Best Cheerleader tt Rock Donora lad savoring cake given him by MM Valley Health Center crew yesterday Farmer still Itaf on beauty of the town after ro cent visit there Lovely receptionist at her special day tot m Ate to Donora a
